Colonel COLONEL AGUSTIN CARRERO

Col Agustin Carrero is the Commander of Space Delta 11 (Ranges & Aggressors, Training & Exercises, Weapons School), under Space Training and Readiness Command, headquartered at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado. His Guardians, Airmen, Sailors, and Marines are responsible for delivering realistic, threat-informed test, training, and exercise resources to United States Space Force and Joint/Coalition Space Operators via live, virtual, and constructive threat replication, leveraging the electromagnetic, orbital, and cyber range and aggressors.

Col Carrero graduated from the University of Puerto Rico and entered the Air Force in 1997 as a Distinguished Graduate of the Reserve Officer Training Corps. He served in Command, Joint, COCOM and MAJCOM positions in intercontinental ballistic missile, space-based missile warning, space range, weapons and tactics, combat training, exercises and wargaming, space electromagnetic warfare, and command and control operations. Col Carrero is a graduate of the United States Air Force Weapons School. Prior to his current position, Col Carrero served as the Director of Reserve Component Forces and Manpower, and the Air Force Reserve Advisor to the Commander, U.S. Space Command at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado.

Col Carrero commanded the 710th Operations Group, where he led six Reserve squadrons responsible for strategic and theater missile warning, supporting missile defense, battlespace awareness and technical intelligence, space electromagnetic warfare, and combat training. Col Carrero served as the Space and Cyber Operations Functional Manager at Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command, and as Air Force Reserve Advisor to the Director of Plans, Programs and Financial Management at Headquarters Air Force Space Command. He commanded the 379th Space Range Squadron at Schriever space Force Base, Colorado and deployed in support of Operations NORTHERN/SOUTHERN WATCH, ENDURING FREEDOM, and IRAQI FREEDOM.

EDUCATION
1997 Bachelor of Science, Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
2005 Master of Science, Space Systems Ops Management, Webster University, Colo.
2008 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence.
2009 USAF Weapons Instructor Course, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.
2012 Advanced Joint Professional Military Education (Distinguished Graduate), Joint Forces Staff College, Va.
2013 Air War College, by correspondence.
2015 Theater Security Decision Making Course, National Security Affairs Department, Naval War College, RI
2016 HQ AFSPC Squadron Commander’s Course, Peterson AFB, Colo.
2016 HQ AFRC Squadron Commander’s Course, Robins AFB, Geor.
2016 HQ AFRC Group Commander’s Course, Robins AFB, Geor.
2025 Leading Strategically Course, Center for Creative Leadership, Colorado Springs, Colo.
2025 Aegis 25A (formerly Pre-Command Team Training (PCTT)) Course, NSSI, Chantilly, Va.

ASSIGNMENTS
1. July 1997 – July 1998, Undergraduate Space/Missiles Training, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Initial Qualification Training, 392nd Training Squadron, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
2. July 1998 – May 2002, Deputy Flight Commander; ICBM Crew/CC; Alternate Command Post/CC; Line Instructor, 564th Missile Squadron, Malmstrom AFB, Mont.
3. May 2002 – April 2005, Flight/CC; Space-Based Infrared System Missile Warning Crew Commander; Line Instructor, 2nd Space Warning Squadron, Buckley AFB, Colo.
4. April 2005 – October 2006, Flight/CC, SBIRS Training Flight; Chief, SBIRS Mission Training, 533rd Training Squadron, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
5. October 2006 – June 2009, Deputy Chief, Combat Plans Division; Strategy and Tactics Officer, 9th Space Operations Squadron, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
6. June 2009 – October 2014, Chief, Combat Operations Division; Deputy Chief, Combat Operations Division, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
7. October 2014 – August 2016, Chief, Space/Cyber Operations Branch & Space Functional Manager, Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command, Robins AFB, Geor.
8. August 2016 – April 2018, Commander, 379th Space Range Squadron, Schriever AFB, Colo.
9. April 2018 – July 2018, Reserve Advisor to Director, Plans, Programs, Requirements & Analysis, HQ Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.
10. July 2018 – November 2019, Reserve Advisor to Director, Plans, Programs, Financial Management, HQ AFSPC, Peterson AFB, Colo.
11. November 2019 – September 2022, Commander, 710th Operations Group, Buckley AFB, Colo.
12. September 2022 – June 2025, Director of Reserve Component Forces and Manpower, HQ United States Space Command, Schriever SFB, Colo.
13. June 2025 – Present, Commander, Space Delta 11, Schriever SFB, Colo.
 
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. September 2022 - June 2025, Director of Reserve Component Forces and Manpower, HQ USSPACECOM, Schriever SFB, Colo., as a colonel
 
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal with five oak leaf clusters
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Joint Meritorious Unit Award with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with valor device and twelve oak leaf clusters
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award with oak leaf cluster
Combat Readiness Medal with five oak leaf clusters
Air Reserve Forces Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
National Defense Service Medal
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Air and Space Campaign Medal
Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal with ‘N’ device and seven oak leaf clusters

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant June 28, 1997
First Lieutenant June 28, 1999
Captain June 28, 2001
Major September 1, 2007
Lieutenant Colonel September 1, 2012
Colonel April 9, 2018

(Current as of June 2025)